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Farm Life Genre
Books in the Farm Life genre:
Animals on the Farm (1967)
Nineteen farm animals sit for their portraits.
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Author(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
A Likely Place (1967)
Author(s):
Paula Fox
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tibor Gergely’s Great Big Book of Bedtime Stories (1967)
A colossal collection of picture books.
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To Be a Logger (1967)
Joel grows up in a logging family in Oregon.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Farmyard Tales (1968)
A collection of stories about farm life.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Kostas the Rooster (1968)
When Kostas the rooster oversleeps one morning and neglects to waken the village, he loses his confidence in his ability to ever get it right.
Author(s):
Traudl
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Emily’s Autumn (1969)
Emily tells her corn husk doll about her summer on grandmother’s farm.
Author(s):
Janice May Udry
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Emily’s Moo (1969)
Emily knows that cows say moo, but she has never learned how.
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Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)
Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Karl W. Stuecklen
Let’s Learn About Sugar (1969)
Tells the story of sugar cane and sugar through the ages.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
James E. Barry
Tucker’s Countryside (1969)
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Bonnie Bess the Weathervane Horse (1970)
When the farmer’s family leaves, Bonnie Bess wonders what she will do with no one to watch her predict the weather.
Author(s):
Alvin Tresselt
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Five Hundred Animals from A to Z (1970)
Surely the largest, most inclusive animal picture book of them all.
Author(s):
Joseph A. Davis
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
More Farmyard Tales (1970)
A collection of twenty-one stories about farm life.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Mystery at Redstone Farm (1970)
Eileen discovers that danger threatens the Kennedys and their farm, but no one takes her seriously.
Author(s):
Alice Lunt
Illustrator(s):
Jim Lester
The First Four Years (1971)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Truffle Pig (1971)
A pig is a boy’s best friend, especially when he can find the elusive truffle.
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Author(s):
Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Busy Day, Busy People (1973)
A pictorial exploration of work from the farm to the circus.
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Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Caddy Woodlawn (1973)
Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Trina Schart Hyman
Song of the Trees (1975)
Cassie Logan does not want her mother to sell their timber while her father is away working on the railroad during the Great Depression.
Author(s):
Mildred D. Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney